Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:31:

• Kankanaey: «We answered, ‘We (excl.) are not spies, what we (excl.) are saying is emphatically true.» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: «We said to him, ‘We are good men, not ones who have come to spy.» (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: «But we (excl.) answered him that we (excl.) are (not) spies and we (excl.) are-telling the truth.» (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: «But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.» (Source: Translation for Translators)